Residents who were evicted from a Portland building can stay a little longer after the city's mayor reached an agreement with the landlord.

The landlord had given the tenants until March 1 to move out of the Grant Street building, but Mayor Ethan Strimling announced Wednesday afternoon that the landlord agreed to give those tenants and the city more time to find them a new place to live.

"If the rules say it's okay to evict folks at will who haven't done anything wrong in the middle of winter with only two months notice and no assistance in moving, we need to look at those rules," said Strimling "That's what we're going to do to determine if they're fair, and if they're adequate."

The Portland Housing Committee will review the issue at its meeting Wednesday night.